Arch support



C. B. SHERIDAN July 3, 1951 ARCH SUPPORT Filed Nov. 29, 1947 .......a--..m'l

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Charle Patented July 3, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE 2,559,262 ARCH SUPPORT Charles B. Sheridan, Rochester, N. Y., assignor ot one-half to Joseph' H. Stiler, Rochester, N. Y.

Application November 29, 1947, Serial N o. 788,860

2 Claims. l

Fallen arches are of frequent occurrence and interfere with walking. I have invented an arch support that can be inserted in the shoe and will support a fallen arch.

I have invented an arch support that can easily be adjusted to raise the fallen arch much or little as the circumstances may require.

I have invented an arch support that is simple in construction and can be cheaply and easily made and can be adapted to a great variety of conditions that may exist in the foot that has the fallen arch.

These and other objects of the invention Iwill be illustrated in the drawing, described in the specification and pointed out in the claims at the end thereof.

In the drawing Fig. l is a bottom plan view of the arch support. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2x29@ of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3x30: of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4x43: of Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a detailed view of a shim that will be inserted in the `arch support for the purpose of raising the arch.

In the drawings reference numeral I indicates a leather covering for the arch support.

2 and 3 indicate the sections of the metal plates which are connected by rivets fl and 5 to the leather cover. These sections of the metal plate are separated on the dotted line 6, indicated in Fig. 1 and are indicated by the open space in Fig. 2. 'I indicates the metal cruciform plate that connects the two sections 2 and 3. It is connected to each section by two rivets, 8 and 9 and I0 and II, these plates 2 and 3 are as wide or nearly as wide as the sole of the Aloot.

The cruciform plate has a central area which is substantially square and from this central area branches out four extensions, IIa, I2, I 3 and I 4, each of which is substantially the same area as is the central section.

The extensions I I and I3 and the central part of the cruciform plate overlap the open space E, that is left between the two sections.

Between this central part and the extensions I I and I 3 of the cruciform plate and the two sections 2 and 3, can be inserted a metal plate I5, which is called a shim. This shim will raise the central part of the arch support according to its thickness and the thicker the shim the more the central part of the arch support will be raised and the more eiTective the arch support will be in supporting the fallen arch if it needs the additional support given to it by the thicker shim. This shim has an upturned end and is inserted from the left hand side of Fig. 3 and the upper side of Fig. 1. The curve of the shim conforms to the upturned side shown in Fig. 3. The shim can be longr or short and according as its length as shown in Fig. 5 as` compared Iwith Fig. 3, it will raise the arch support part of the way across or all the Way across as maybeA desired, and it will raise the arch or that portion of the arch in which supportis needed that is to say a short shim will tilt both plates of the arch support on the one side on which it is inserted without raising the other side. A long shimywill raise the arch support all the way across.

By making the leather cover long and extending beyond the plates 2 and 3 and putting.Y a

dividing line between the two plates 2 and 3, `and by connecting the plates with the cruciform plate that is comparatively short, I give a degree of elasticity to the arch support that would otherwise not be obtained.

I claim: 1

l. In an arch support-V the combination of an insole, two metal plates substantially as wide as the sole of the foot under the insole, said plates having adjacent parallel edges extending across the insole and said plates extending forward and back under the insole from said edges, said plates being attached to the insole remote from the parallel edges, each of said plates being bent up at the end of the parallel edges at the inside of the insole, a metal cruciform plate having a central part and having four sections extending therefrom at equal angles, two of said sections and the central part being located under the parallel edges of the iirst mentioned plates, one of said sections extending toward the inside of the insole and being bent up to conform to the bend in the two plates, the other two sections extending transverse to the parallel edges and being attached only at their outer ends to said first named plates lwhereby' a metal strip in the form of a shim may be inserted transversely across said insole between the parallel edges of said plates and the first-named two sections of said cruciform plate, to provide a desired arching effect.

2. In an arch support the combination of an insole, two metal plates substantially as wide as the sole of the foot under the insole, said plates having adjacent parallel edges extending across the insole and said plates extending forward and back under the insole from said edges, said plates being attached to the insole remote from the parallel edges, each of said plates being bent up at the end of the parallel edges at the inside of the insole, a metal cruciform plate having a central part and having four sections extending therefrom at equal angles, two of said sections and the central part being located'under the parallel edges of the first mentioned plates, one of said sections extending toward the inside of the insole and being bent up to conform to the bend in the two plates, the other two sections extending transverse to the parallel edges and being attached atV their outer ends only to Said rst named plates, a shim inserted between the plates from the side on which they are bent up,V

said shim being bent up at one end to conform to the bent up portions oi the two plates and the bent sections of the cruciform plate, said shim also being wide enough to overlap the said two metal plates.

CHARLES B. SHERIDAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Erickson Feb. 10, 1948 

